Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr fires up form the sideline against the Portland Trail Blazers in the first half of a NBA game at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, April 9, 2015. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

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Golden State Warriors forward Harrison Barnes, left, makes guard Stephen Curry laugh on the bench during the second half of an NBA preseason basketball game against the Los Angeles Lakers in Anaheim, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015. The Warriors won 136-97. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)

OAKLAND — With Warriors forward Harrison Barnes in a shooting slump heading into Game 7 of the NBA Finals, it was story time with coach Steve Kerr.

Kerr told Barnes of how before he made the winning shot in Game 6 of the Finals that clinched the championship for the Chicago Bulls in 1997, he was struggling himself having missed six straight 3-pointers before the game.

“Me and Coach Kerr were talking about him in ’97 saying he couldn’t throw a shot into the ocean,” Barnes said. “He couldn’t make anything. He felt like he was playing terrible. He only knocked down three threes in the fourth quarter, one of them with five seconds to go. It was like, ‘Oh wow, you’ve been balling all series!'”

Barnes said he would put the past aside after he was 2-for-14 from the field in Game 5 and 0-for-8 in a Game 6 in which he was held scoreless.

“It’s like, whatever you need to do for the next 24 hours to get your mind right for 48 minutes. Just be yourself for 48 minutes. Nothing spectacular. Just be you.”

Asked if it would be easy to flush those two performances mentally, Barnes smiled and said, ” For sure. Because the only way I can go is up from there.”

Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry (30) waits for a foul shot during their game against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the third quarter of Game 4 of the NBA Finals at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, on Friday, June 10, 2016. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

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Golden State Warriors’ Andre Iguodala (9), Draymond Green (23) and Stephen Curry (30) walk off the court during a timeout in the third quarter of Game 3 of the NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, on Wednesday, June 8, 2016. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

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Golden State Warriors’ Festus Ezeli (31) reacts after a three-point basket by teammate Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry (30) in the fourth quarter of Game 6 of the NBA Western Conference finals at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Okla., on Saturday, May 28, 2016. Golden State defeated Oklahoma City 108-101. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

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Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry (30) takes a three-point shot against Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James (23) in the second quarter of Game 1 of the NBA Finals at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 2, 2016. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

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